9th Grade
Materials parents can expect to see at home
2012/2013
Subject Area
Reading
(course title in
bold and
underlined)
Math
(course title in
bold and
underlined)
English 1
Monster; McDougall
Litell, The Language of
Literature; Night; The
House on Mango Street;
Romeo and Juliet; To
Kill a Mockingbird; One
of the following:
-Speak
- The Outsiders
- Parrot in the Oven
- Teacup Full of Roses
English 1 with
Reading
Acceleration
Selected poems by
Robert Frost, William
Shakespeare,
Gwendolyn Brooks;
Selected News
Articles; 145th Street;
Teacup Full of Roses;
Selected plays and
speeches
English 1 with Lab
Monster; Night;
McDougall Litell, The
Language of
Literature; Romeo
and Juliet
Algebra 1
CME Project Algebra 1
Units 1-8 and/or
copied materials and
assignments
Algebra 1 IBMYP
CME Project Algebra 1
Units 1-8 and/or
copied materials and
assignments
Algebra 1 AB-BC
CME Project Algebra
1 Units 1-8 and/or
copied materials and
assignments
English 1 CAS
Sound and Sense;
Crossing the Danger
Water; The Odyssey by
Homer; A Midsummer
Night’s Dream; MLA
Handbook; Great
Expectations; Macbeth;
The Joy Luck Club;
Fahrenheit 451; The
Illustrated Man
The following short
stories:
-The Lottery
-The Open Boat
-The Furnished Room
- The Jilting of Granny
Weatherall
- Paul’s Case
-Every Day Use
Science
Social Studies
English as a
Second Language
(ESL)
World Languages
(Chinese, French,
German &
Spanish)
Visual Art
General Music
Geometry PSP
CME Project Geometry
Units 1-8 and/or
copied materials and
assignments
Geometry IBMYP
CME Project Geometry
Units 1-8 and/or
copied materials and
assignments
Algebra 2 CAS
CME Project Algebra 1,
Units 6-8; CME Project
Algebra 2 Units 1-3, 58; CME Project PreCalculus Unit 7; copied
materials and
assignments
Algebra 2 Elective
(SciTech Students
ONLY)
CME Project Algebra
1, Units 6-8; CME
Project Algebra 2
Units 1-3, 5-8; CME
Project Pre-Calculus
Unit 7; copied
materials and
assignments
Biology textbook
Geometry CAS
CME Project
Geometry Units 1-8
and/or copied
materials and
assignments
Specialized Geometry
(SciTech Students
ONLY)
CME Project Geometry
Units 1-8 and/or
copied materials and
assignments
Geometry Elective
(SciTech Students
ONLY)
CME Project Geometry
Units 1-8 and/or
copied materials and
assignments
Civics: Government & Economics in Action
Parents may see Edge textbooks, workbooks, workbook pages, homework packets, and novels.
Various course textbooks dependent upon chosen language and student’s proficiency level. Click here for a detailed list of
materials by course.
All textbooks, materials and resources stay at the school. Sketchbooks and individual projects are sometimes taken home,
but this does not include the official textbook.
All General Music textbooks are to stay at the school. This includes Pittsburgh CAPA students.
Instrumental
Music
Music Theory(CAPA students
ONLY)
Dance (CAPA
students ONLY)
Theater; both
musical & straight
(CAPA students
ONLY)
Health and
Physical Education
There is no official textbook. Only individual parts of an arrangement and warm-ups can be taken home in students’ music
folder. This includes Pittsburgh CAPA students.
The textbook AP Theory by Kostaya-Payne will go home with students
There is not a textbook that goes home with students
Only copied scripts, plays and excerpts go home with students. There is no official textbook.
60 minutes of physical activity per day. All textbooks stay at school.